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Oct 14, 2024
3:28:36pm

Undefeated All-American

I hadn't heard of this.

Amazing story/event. Skimming wikipedia, not sure there were orders disobeyed. Maybe some protocols not followed? Cool nonetheless. Thanks for mentioning.

Stanislav Petrov

Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

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POLL: Excluding religious/scriptural figures, which single person do you think most affected the course of world history, for better or for worse?

Japan Coug

2:27pm

Anthony Stephen Fauci

materialized

2:32pm

I mean, for some, he's a religious figure.

Courtimedes

2:34pm

Yeah, there are some who see him as a sort of modern Lucifer, or maybe Judas.

Japan Coug

2:46pm

Huh- I was thinking far more of those with votive candles to him.

Courtimedes

2:59pm

More than Colombus, Hitler, or Washington?

vagabonder

2:57pm

Obviously not. OP is just being silly, and political.

Japan Coug

3:56pm

His impact is negligible compared to the other options. If you're going with the

MaximusMeridius

3:12pm

Johannes Gutenberg

Tare

2:33pm

Some philosophers have said that evolution by natural selection is the greatest

Undefeated

2:35pm

Is Caesar technically scriptural?

bruincoug

2:36pm

Not Julius, surely. Augustus.

Courtimedes

2:40pm

No, definitely historical. He died in 44 BC. The Caesar mentioned in the

Japan Coug

2:44pm

Steve Jobs!

Endocoug

2:42pm

RE: Steve Jobs!

2:52pm

In terms of a greater effect, Sir Isaac Newton more than Albert Einstein. No

RedHeadedStranger

2:44pm

My answer comes down to 1 action.

TailgateU

2:47pm

Thomas Edison, The light bulb transformed how we do things, transformed

3:07pm

How many were killed trying to implement Marx's ideology?

Spiff

3:07pm

Reminds me of this meme:

Courtimedes

3:13pm

Stanislav Petrov - Disobeyed orders and prevented nuclear war.

3:09pm

I hadn't heard of this.

Undefeated

3:28pm

Good candidate, but without Einstein, Petrov probably wouldn't have had to do

Japan Coug

4:01pm

Ignaz Semmelweis or Alexander Fleming

orangepitbull

3:26pm

Poor Semmelweis.

Courtimedes

5:28pm

Are we counting the numbers of people inheriting DNA from said person?

4:12pm

Lavell Edwards?

5:53pm

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